Holder for clothes and other articles



g J. EMEL HOLDER FOR CLOTHES AND OTHER ARTICLES;

Filed Jn. 2e. 1927 M am.

ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 2, 1927.

'unirse star-ss reit en"ilv tft WE* vJOSEIII EMEL, OF SEABECK, WASHINGTON.

HOLDER non cLoTr-rns ann onreine ARTICLES.

Application filed January 26, 1927.Y Serial No. 163,735.

`result of soiling or mussing such articles.

It is t-he object of my invention-to provide a holding device adapted to be suspended from the ceiling of a room or an overhead beam andy upon whichy'a very considerable number of pieces of clothing or other articles may be supported, and which device will not only be extensible to permit the various articles to be easily placed in position. thereon and thereafter raised to carry such articles up toward the ceiling, but which can be adjusted and held in different positions to better adapt it to the heights and requirements of different users. obj-ect I attain by the construction and arrangement of parts shown in the drawing and hereinafter particularly described. That which I believe to be new will be set forth in the claims.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a vertical central section through the device depending from an overhead support, and showingindotted lines the outer telescopic tube and the'holder that is carried thereby pulled down into its lowermost position;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device with the article-holder that is mounted on the outer one of the telescopic tubes adjusted to a different position from that in which it is shown in Fig. 1, and also showing such outer tube in a different position from that shown in Fig. 1;

Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are cross-sectional views taken respectively on the lines 3 3, 41.4, and 5-5 of Fig. 2, the latter view being an enlarged one; and y f Fig. 6 is a detail of a portion of the inner one of the two tubes.

Referring to the several figures of the -drawings in which corresponding parts are indicated by the same reference characters,-1O and 11 indicate, respectively, in'- ner and outer tubes, the outer tube iitting loosely enough upon the inner one to adapt This y it to be movedeasily longitudinally thereof. 'ilheupper endof lthe inner tube 10 is rprovided'- with a, head 12 of` suitable size 'and shape to liel against and be securedv by'screws or otherwise to an overhead"support,y such as a-ceiling beam. llVithin thetubes :is a coiled spring 13 which iscionnected with the upper end portion of the inner tube andthe lower end portion of the outer tubeand tends to draw fthe said'outer tube upward so that' unless restrained,v as hereinafter described.. the outer tube will entirely surround the other tube, as shown byfulli lines in Fig. 1. In the construction shown, the up' per endV of this 'spring is connectedvto the innertube by. means ofja. pin 111 thateX--` tendsva'cross suchtube near its Vupper end and the lower end of the sprin'gris fastened to a cap 15 screwed uponV `and closing the lower end of the outer tube. Extending 'for nearly the entire lengthA of the outer tube k'11 is a Vslot 16 inthe wall thereof into which projects a stud 17 (see Fig. G) carried vby the inner tubeyAt intervals the slot has formed in one of'its edges a( plurality of notches 18, into any one of which the said stud is adapted `tobe moved and seated, such seating of the stud in lany one. ofthe notches being had by giving to the tube 11 a slight axial rotation as the stud is'lr'irought opposite the notch. Se engaging the stud in one of the n'otchesacts, of course;A to'r hold the-tube 11 extended*downward tofthey desired extent. l

Slidingly mounted uponlthe tube- 11 is a` holder for-such articles as are to "besup ported by the device. As shown, the holder is here represented by an ordinary clothes rack comprising an annular frame 19 in which wooden rods 2O 'are loosely supported that7 when in operative position, project radially and which when not in use can hang vertically,-both of such positions being illustrated in Fig. 1. Below the frame 19 and also slidingly mounted on the tube 11 is a collar 21 that carries a stud 22, which,

-flilre the stud 1'1", projects into the long slot 16 and is freely movable therealong. Also, as in the case of the other stud it can, by a slight rotative mov-ement of the collar, be caused to enter and be seated in any one of the notches 18, and as the clothes-rack frame 19 rests upon such collar it is evident that the rack can'be adjusted to and held in various positions lengthwise of the tube 11. Gbviously, the collar 21 could be formed inteUral with the hub of the frame 19 if desiret. It will be noted from Fig. 2 that at each end of the slot 16 is formed an additional notch, each being indicated by 23. These, it will be noted,.a're in close proximi. ty to the end ones of the series of notches 18. By the provision of these eXtra notches 23 the holder frame. 19` may, when it is so desired, be left at itshighest or lowest position on the tube 11 without interfering with the relative adjustment of the tubes to bring th-em into that one of their extremeladjusted positions that will locate the stud 17 that is on the inner tube very close to the collar 21 that carries the other stud. p i Y ,j In usef,"with the devicesuspended from an overhead support as shown, thet operator by pulling down upon the outer tube 11 against the tension of the coiled spring 13 carries down also, of course` the holder member sufficiently to enable articles to be placed thereon, and then by a slight rotation of the tube it will be held retained in that position. If it is then found desirable `-to relocate the holder member onthe tube 11 that can be very readily done by turning thecollar 21 suiiieiently to carry the stud 17 out of theV i notch in which it had been placed and then l enables moving such stud along` the slot until opposite the notch that is to be engaged in the manner setV forth for securing the desired new position. By providing for these two independent adjustments a comparatively wide range of movement is `provided that persons of materially different heights to use the device with equal facility.

Furthermore, theV independent adjustment of the holder member 19 lengthwise of the tube 11 while facilitatingthe placing of ar` tieles thereon or removing them therefrom is also of very great value in that after articles have been placed on the holder While such holder is located near the lower end of the outer tube such holder can be moved up and caused to engage the tube at a much higher point, so that when that tube itself is released and moves up under the action of the spring;V the holder andthe clothes or other "articles carried thereby will be located very closeto theceiling andn hence out of the way of the occupants ofthe room in which the device is located. f

j/Vhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters'Patent is as follows:

1. A device vof the character described eon'iprising in combination two telesoopically-ai'ranged tubes, one of which has a longitudinal slot and a plurality of `notches com#v tube upon the inner tube.

2Q A mdevice of the character described Y j coinprisinp,- in combination two telescopically-arranged tubes, the outer one of `said tubes having a longitudinal slot and a plui" rality of notches communicating with said slotZ a stud carriedby the; inner tube and projecting intosaid slot and adapted by a relative axial and rotational movement of;

said tubes to be moved intovone of said notches forsecuring the tubes togetherin different positions, means slidingly mounted on the outer tube for holding articles, and' means for securing' said article-holding means `in different adjusted positionslengthwise of said `outer tube, said securing,y means comprising a sliding,r collar `having af stud projecting into said slotandadapted to be moved into one of said notches.

' JOSEPH EMEL. 

